Namibia: Mopane Trees Threatened in the Zambezi

DISTRICT forestry officer at Katima Mulilo Dennis Sikabongo said there is a worrisome trend of residents hiring foreigners to harvest mopane trees. Mopane trees are protected in Namibia. Sikabongo last week told The Namibian that residents hire foreigners to harvest the trees illegally in order to sell them, and they do so without taking into account…